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Nov. 2, 2010 (San Diego) — A short, five-day course of radiation therapy followed by surgery more than halves the risk that cancer will come back in some people with rectal cancer, a Dutch study suggests.
The researchers studied more than 1,800 people with locally advanced rectal cancer — meaning cancer had spread to the pelvic area surrounding the rectum, but not to other parts of the body.
By about 12 years after treatment, 5.1% of those who got radiation and surgery had a return of cancer in the area where their tumor used to be (called a local recurrence), compared with 11.1% of those who only had surgery to remove the tumor.
"Local recurrences are very disabling and difficult to treat so we assume they affect quality of life," says researcher Corrie Marijnen, MD, of Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands.
Patients with Stage III rectal cancer, in which cancer has spread to the lymph nodes, benefited the most, she says. In this group, the addition of radiation cut the risk of local recurrence to 8.9%, compared with 19.2% for those who got surgery alone.
The short course of radiation therapy also reduced the odds of having cancer come back anywhere in the body, from 28% for surgery alone to 25%. However, just over half of patients in both groups died, she says.
"The short course of radiation is convenient for patients since it requires less than a week of daily radiation treatments, followed by surgery the next week," Marijnen tells WebMD.
Marijnen presented the findings here at the American Society for Radiation Oncology meeting.
Standard Treatment in the U.S.
In the U.S., the standard therapy for people with locally advanced rectal cancer is 25 to 28 radiation treatments over a period of about six weeks, with the patients receiving chemotherapy at the same time. Then doctors wait six to eight weeks before operating, says Christopher Willett, MD, chair of radiation oncology at Duke University in Durham, N.C.
Willett tells WebMD he doubts American doctors will switch to the shorter course of radiation, as the U.S. approach is associated with better outcomes.
"Waiting lets the tumor shrink" so less surrounding tissue needs to be removed, he says. Also, the longer course of radiation means a lower dose is given at each visit, he says.
"We're concerned the higher dose [used in The Netherlands] may lead to more long-term side effects such as bowel dysfunction that requires more surgery to fix the injured tissue," Willett says.
Nonetheless, "this is an important trial because it has stimulated a lot of other trials looking at different radiation schedules. It's getting us closer to the optimal way to treating locally advanced rectal cancer," he says.
New Surgical Technique
Marijnen says the introduction of a new surgical technique that is being used more and more in both the U.S. and Europe prompted the study.
In the past, "surgeons pulled out just the rectum. Then studies showed total mesorectal excision (TME), in which surgeons remove the whole rectum plus the fat around it, reduces the risk of local recurrence even further," she says.
However, the impact of giving radiation prior to TME had not been examined, Marijnen says.
"These results demonstrate that good surgery absolutely is necessary and then radiotherapy can definitely add to the prevention of local recurrence," she says.
Willett says the findings "show the need for continuing education so TME is integrated into standard practice."
Radiation therapy does carry risks, chiefly temporary fatigue and transient skin reactions similar to sunburns during treatment. Later, there is a very small risk of secondary cancer or radiation-induced heart or lung disease.
This study was presented at a medical conference. The findings should be considered preliminary as they have not yet undergone the "peer review" process, in which outside experts scrutinize the data prior to publication in a medical journal.


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The sixth in a new series of definitive dissertations dealing with the feats of humankind.
Join Ricky Gervais, Steve Merchant and Karl Pilkington as they probe the nature of human society.
In this episode: Athenian democracy and arboreal investments; Karl on road safety; President Pilkington's pronouncements; Malthusian musings; Karl's adoption agency; the ins and outs of organ donation; social injustice on the busses; morality and entomology; Karl's Luddite attitude to plate sanitation; euthenized ensifera; social orthodoxy at the orthodontist's; and splenetic etiquette.
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- Sean
- 23/08/2010
Laugh-Out Loud Funny
I listened to this in the car, and laughed so loud I nearly had to pull off the road. The same thing happened when I listened to it going for a walk, and I must have looked strange bursting into laughter on the sidewalk alone. One complaint is that Karl's accent is so thick I sometimes don't get the punch lines (I am American, a British person wouldn't have a problem). And I sympathize with Karl, whereas Ricky comes off as a bully sometimes. All around it's excellent listening, and it spurred me to listen to others in the series.
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- Holly
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- 20/10/2012
Stupid funny!!!
This series of discussions makes me laugh out loud no matter where I am. I sometimes feel a little sorry for Karl, but he holds his own for the most part. While he's a little out there, I sometimes find myself thinking, wow, what an interesting way to look at things. I'm sure this series was put together to share Karl's strange take on life with the rest of the world, but I feel that Ricky sometimes forgets that. He often verbally attacks Karl for being an idiot. But Steve brings balance to the situation by insisting that he is interested to hear what Karl has to say. I love the dynamic between the three of them.
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I have always liked Ricky Gervais but this one did nothing for me. The only person laughing was him.
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Mel Bochner, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH (2008)
A version of this essay was initially written for a panel discussion with Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber, Isaac Fitzgerald from Buzzfeed Books, and LA Times art critic Christopher Knight at Superscript: Arts Journalism & Criticism in a Digital Age, a conference at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. Watch the panel discussion here.
Look at the title. I'm asking has, not "how." Contemporary art is still in the early stages of the digital shift that other industries have already experienced. To better understand what might be happening to art criticism, we should look to other fields and assess the structures that have developed as a response to the internet's effect.
There are two facets to this "internet effect": the first is in publishing and circulation, the second in the way this dissemination shapes a discipline and the discourse around it. Music and literature experienced the digital shift in a much more extreme way than contemporary art has thus far. This experience began with circulation—the adjustment from object to mp3 and from independent, or even megachain bookstores to Amazon—but continued with an altered discourse that poses really valid questions about the function of criticism. I'll call it "service criticism." In a nutshell, "service criticism" is criticism that's discovery-oriented. Criticism that assumes the reader who is looking for recommendations.
Take Pitchfork, for example. I remember the first time I heard of Pitchfork. I was a teenager and I had a friend who spent his days reading Pitchfork reviews, then (excuse the illegality of the following) downloaded all the albums he thought he'd find interesting in order to listen to them. (The embrace of streaming technologies helps with the legality question today.) That's a great use of criticism: as a direction, pointing to the good in the midst of overproduction.


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The husband and wife team Tyler and Elena Wilkes are new arrivals to the Loveland art scene and were hired by Schissler Academy of Fine Arts in downtown Loveland as instructors. Tyler hales from Salt Lake City and Elena comes from Caracas, Venezuela.
Tyler began studying fine art at a small academy in Provo, Utah under an alumnus of the Florence Academy of Art.
A friend convinced him that the Florence Academy would be worth investigating with its focus on classical realism. This art form almost died as art academies worldwide turned toward modernism and abstract styles.
After moving to Italy, Tyler met his future wife Elena who was also a student. Graduation marked the end of their four-year stay in Italy.
Now married, the couple moved to Escazu, Costa Rica to be near Elena's family. The couple taught art and helped start up an art academy in the capital of San Jose called Atelier Del Sol before moving to Loveland.
Elena started her studies in fine art at the Ravenswood Atelier in Chicago. Later she decided to make the switch to the Florence Academy of Art where she graduated last year.
Elena says of her passion, "Painting is not a job to simply achieve your survival like most jobs nowadays. For me it's a different way to communicate the universe that we have inside and the way we see it. It's a visual language of beauty and sensibility … painting realism gives you the unique opportunity to recreate the possible and create the impossible."
Embarking on careers in art, they are doing what they want — a combination of teaching and creating their own paintings. Tyler concentrates on landscape and still life, while Elena loves portraiture work.
They teach three times a week and use a method developed by Charles Bargue. Their students learn the fundaments first — proportions, gesture and values. The classes move to likenesses of cast busts and finally, students work with a model. Experience has taught them that this is the simplest way of teaching realism.
The classes are open-ended as far as the time a student can remain learning and growing.
Tyler and Elena are quick to point out that as artists, they have their own distinct styles. When asked if they would ever collaborate on a single piece, they thought of an idea. It would have two opposing figures sitting across a chess board from each other. The two figures would showcase their individual styles.
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In the wake of Blizzard's announcement that Mythic raiding would only support 20-player raids, 10-player Heroic guilds have been left wondering how they will adjust. This week, one guild member wants to know how to manage a successful alliance with another 10-player raiding guild.
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I'm a member of a small 10-man heroic raiding guild. We have been worried about the changes to raiding that are coming in Warlords of Draenor, since we are a very close-knit guild of friends. Most of us have been raiding together since early Wrath. We haven't been looking forward to recruiting 10+ more people, so we were thinking of resigning ourselves to running the new Heroic (current Normal) content and hoping not to get bored or lose too many members to other guilds.
We recently received the offer of a guild alliance from another 10-man heroic guild on our server.


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LONG BEACH - Budget woes could result in the elimination of 40 police officer positions by this fall, including 20 gang enforcement assignments, at the Long Beach Police Department, the Press-Telegram has learned.
Long Beach Police Chief Jim McDonnell and his administrative team met with City Manager Pat West earlier this month to lay out their proposal for meeting the city's budget shortfall, several sources within the Police Department told the Press-Telegram.
In a meeting the chief held with police staff, officers learned the proposed cuts include slashing 20 positions, including two sergeants, from the Gang Detail, which would mean the loss of their entire field unit.
That means that officers will still respond to gang calls and investigate the crimes, but there won't be the extensive expertise and background work done in recent years to identify and remove gang-run operations, such as the June takedown of the alleged leader of the Baby Insane Crips and several of his cohorts, officers warned.
A total of 40 police positions are on the cutting block, including the elimination of two homicide detective positions, while the South and West Patrol divisions would be consolidated into one division, officers said.
Although no officers are expected to be laid off, the cuts will drastically impact the work of the Gang Unit, the Homicide Detail and other police work, officers said.
"We're losing gang and homicide investigators at a time when we're just starting to see the effects of (state prison) reorganization and our crime stats are going up," one officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Long Beach has had a steady reduction in crime rates over the past decade, with 2010 hitting a 40-year record low. However, in 2011 the city saw Part 1 crimes, which include assault, murder and other serious crimes, jump 9.4 percent.
"Things are going to get ugly," the officer and many others said, noting the loss of the Cold Case and Quality of Life units.
The Quality of Life Unit works to divert homeless and formerly incarcerated individuals from jails and prisons.
Police Chief Jim McDonnell has confirmed for the Press-Telegram that the Police Department has been forced to consider drastic cuts in the face of further belt-tightening.
Many civilian positions and nearly all social programs offered by the Police Department, such as DARE, were wiped out in previous budget-crunching rounds or will be hit with the latest round of cuts, he said.
The situation is now to the point where the department is forced to eliminate investigative units to protect its core mission, which is responding to calls for service.
"We no longer have the numbers to continue working in the same capacity as we have in the past," McDonnell said, citing the expertise, focus and strategy that comes from detective teams and field units designed to fight crime proactively.
The department's staffing numbers, currently at about 815, are expected to drop to around 760 by the end of the year, the chief said.
"Those are positions that are being proposed for elimination. ... We should be able to meet the reductions through attrition," the chief said, adding that no layoffs are expected.
The proposal, he said, is expected to be made to the council within the next couple of weeks. The council has until mid-September to approve a budget before the next fiscal year begins Oct. 1.
The proposed cuts takes the department nearly 250 positions down from its record high of 1,020 budgeted officers in 2008.
The chief, rank and file officers, and some city leaders have repeatedly voiced concerns about the absence of any police academies to address the recent drop in ranks, which far exceed the loss of officers seen in law enforcement agencies like the Los Angeles County Sheriff's and Los Angeles Police departments.
Long Beach Police Association President Steve James said Friday that no other agency in the state has lost 20 percent of its force, or 200 officers, even in light of statewide budget woes.
Departments like the Los Angeles Police and Los Angeles Sheriff's departments were given guarantees by their governing bodies that they won't allow the agencies to ranks drop any further, he said.
Representatives from both those agencies confirmed that to the Press-Telegram earlier this year.
"We are at a point where there is no more fluff to cut," James said bluntly.
"There is a decision to be made about acceptable levels of crime, and that is what the city is going to have to decide. What level of crime can they live with?"
He noted that staffing numbers cited by the city don't take into account the roughly 60 police positions contracted out to other agencies, such as Long Beach Airport and the Port of Long Beach.
"They are able-bodied offices who can respond in an emergency," James said. "But they do not handle day-to-day calls."
James also noted that having West Division patrol units work out of another building to save the expense of a lease makes "sound financial sense with the city's budget."
Combining the West and South divisions makes less sense, he said.
"But increasing their work when they're already running from call to call ... means people are going to wait longer for an officer when calling 911" James said.
If an academy is approved by the council within the next few weeks, the department should be able to "stabilize" at about 760 officers, McDonnell said.
He and James both stressed it typically takes two years from the point of scheduling an academy to the time when an officer can handle calls for service on his or her own. Plus, the city will have to fund more academies if they are going to keep the number of officers they have at that point or grow the department, they said.
The problem from the Police Association's perspective, James said, is that the city can no longer address the budget crunch via proportional share.
As the city has been forced to slash its budget in recent years, City Manager Pat West and the council have set a policy of cutting a proportionate amount from each department in order to preserve libraries, parks and other services.
Without such a policy, maintaining police and firefighter levels could leave many other departments with few resources. Public safety departments make up 68 percent of the city's general fund.
"We are the largest share of the budget, so using proportional share means we have to make the greatest cut," James said. "The problem there is other city departments aren't tasked with the responsibility of the public's safety."


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June 19, 2010
1943: NFL Approves Merger of Eagles & Steelers for '43 Season
By 1943, with World War II raging, American professional sports were suffering an acute manpower shortage. Major league baseball, with the active encouragement of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, continued play while most of the best players went into the military. The NFL also stayed in operation, but by February 1943 a total of 330 players were serving in the armed forces. Teams made do with players who had medical deferments, and several retired players, such as Bronko Nagurski of the Bears, returned to action.
The NFL briefly considered canceling the 1943 season, due not only to the lack of players but wartime travel restrictions. However, the owners voted to continue although the Cleveland Rams received permission to suspend operations for one year. On June 19 they also gave approval to the Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers to merge for the '43 season. At the same league meeting, roster sizes were slashed from 33 to 25 (they would eventually rise to 28).
Officially, the name of the combined team was the Phil-Pitt Eagles-Steelers, or Phil-Pitt Combine, but it didn't take long for them to be dubbed the "Steagles". The club wore Eagles uniforms but split home games between Shibe Park in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh's Forbes Field. They also split the head coaching duties between Earle "Greasy" Neale of the Eagles and Walt Kiesling of the Steelers. Players were required to work 40 hours a week in defense plants, with practices held in the evenings.
The outlook didn't appear promising, even with the pooling of two rosters. The Eagles had never had a winning season and finished with a 2-9 record in 1942. Pittsburgh hadn't done much better, achieving the first season over .500 in franchise history in '42 with a 7-4 tally (both franchises had joined the NFL in 1933). As star tackle Al Wistert put it, "It sounds like we had a big advantage, putting two teams together as one. But all it meant was we had twice as many lousy players."
The situation wasn't helped by the friction that existed between the co-coaches, Neale and Kiesling. The two had distinctly different personalities as well as coaching philosophies. As Wistert said later, "Greasy Neale was very self-confident, very sure of himself. Wherever he went, he was the boss. Greasy was so domineering that Kiesling had to take a back seat."
Surprisingly, the team did well on the field. They won their first two games, including a 28-14 upset of the Giants that was accomplished despite fumbling a record 10 times during the course of the contest. Going into the last game of the season, the "Steagles" had a chance to end up in a three-way tie atop the Eastern Division with the Giants and Redskins. However, they lost to Green Bay and ended up at 5-4-1 (the Redskins and Giants tied for first at 6-3-1, necessitating a playoff that was won by Washington).
34-year-old end Bill Hewitt, destined for the Pro Football Hall of Fame and retired since 1939, joined the club. He had been the last NFL player to play without a helmet during the '30s, but the league forced him to wear one during his comeback season, much to his annoyance.
Hewitt was far from the biggest contributer to the club's performance, however. HB Jack Hinkle (pictured at left) rushed for 571 yards on 116 carries (4.9 average) to finish second among NFL rushers, just a yard behind Bill Paschal of the Giants. The "Steagles" overall led the league in rushing (1730 yards and 18 TDs) and also had the best run defense.
QB Roy Zimmerman led the offense, backed up by Allie Sherman, a future head coach of the Giants. End Tony Bova led the team with 17 pass receptions for 419 yards, averaging a league-leading 24.6 yards-per-catch. Rookies Wistert, who had been declared unfit for military service due to a bone disease, and guard Frank "Bucko" Kilroy both showed promise on the line.
The merger arrangement ended at the conclusion of the season. The Steelers combined with the Chicago Cardinals in 1944 and suffered through a miserable 0-10 campaign (they were derisively referred to as the "Carpets"). Philadelphia continued its steady progress under Neale, going 7-1-2 in 1944 and ultimately achieving back-to-back NFL titles in 1948 and '49. A number of the players who played for the "Steagles" in 1943 contributed to those championship clubs, including Wistert, Kilroy, tackle Vic Sears, HB Ernie Steele, and FB Ben Kish.
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APTR is pleased to announce this new fellowship opportunity as part of the APTR-CDC Preventive Medicine and Public Health Fellowship Program
Examining Characteristics of Health and Disease in Child Medicaid Populations
National Center for Health Statistics; Office of
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Examine the characteristics of health and disease among the pediatric
Medicaid fee-for-service and managed care populations, using the linked
National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and Medicaid Analytic (MAX) files.
collaboration with senior researchers, the Fellow will initiate projects using
the newly created NHIS/MAX Medicaid administrative data linked files. These data files contain
individual-level Medicaid eligibility and utilization information linked to the
detailed health and demographic data collected from the NCHS national
surveys. Although linked NHIS/MAX
Medicaid files are adjusted during analysis such that the population of
children eligible for linkage is nationally representative in terms of race, age,
and sex, it is not known whether children eligible for linkage are nationally
representative in terms of disease prevalence and measures of health. In addition, myriad analyses can be
conducted using the claims data of children with fee-for-service Medicaid
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plans account for an ever-increasing percentage of children in Medicaid, it is
not clear whether children with fee-for-service Medicaid are representative of
children with Managed care Medicaid plans in terms of disease prevalence and
health measures.
fellowship will focus primarily on analyses to answer these questions, and
then, as time allows, use these data for further research. Specific further topics of research
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the linked population to the entire Medicaid population, and the
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It is anticipated that these research activities will result in one or more published reports or journal articles. Ample support in epidemiology, medicine, statistics, and economics, as well as IT assistance, is available within the Office.
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This past Saturday we watched the United States Men's National Team give their full 90 on the pitch … and apparently we weren't alone, as what some people didn't realize is that soccer fans in America gave just as much on that faithful afternoon. The match is one that will go down in history not only as a spirited contest, but also as the most watched FIFA World Cup First Round game in American TV history.
During the two-hour match window, the ABC Sports broadcast averaged a 7.3 household rating … in the vernacular, this means that around 8,391,000 households and 12,956,000 (give or take a dozen here and there) viewers tuned in to watch Sam's Army take on the Three Lions. On top of the numbers posted by ABC, 3.8 million more viewers watched the Spanish-language broadcast on Univision … not a bad performance for a country where football is typically played with hands and a helmet.
You may however be surprised to learn that, while the hype proceeding it was unparalleled, Saturday's match was only the fifth highest ranked World Cup telecast in U.S. history. Spots 2 through 4 are occupied by two World Cup Finals and the USA's Round of 16 mega-match against Brazil in 1994. What does this leave for the top spot then? Nine out of ten football junkies in the states are probably thinking back to the USA-Mexico battle of the border in the 2002 round of 16 … and although it was a great game, and a good win for the boys in Red, White & Blue (2-0, anybody?), it didn't make the cut. The number one most watched game in our nation's history was … the 99' Women's World Cup Final, when over 18 million Americas watch the USA women triumph over China at the Rose Bowl. Yup, had us fooled too!
If you don't believe us, here's the numbers … including the Salt Lake City demo area ranking in at #5 across the country when it comes to Saturday's metered markets (way to be, SLC!):
Top 5 Most-Viewed FIFA World Cup Telecasts (1994-present):
U.S.-China, Women's WC Final (ABC, 7/10/99) – 18.0 million viewers (11.4 rating)
Brazil-Italy, WC Final (ABC, 7/17/94) – 14.5 (9.5 rating)
Brazil-U.S., Rd of 16 (ABC, 7/4/94) – 13.7 (9.3 rating)
Italy-France, WC Final (ABC, 7/9/06) – 12.0 (7.0 rating)
U.S.-England, First Rd (ABC, 6/12/10) – 10.8 (6.1 rating) *
* includes pre-match coverage
Top 5 Metered Markets (U.S.-England):
San Diego – 11.5 rating
San Francisco – 11.2
Las Vegas – 11.0
Cincinnati – 10.8
Salt Lake City – 10.2
As American soccer fans we have grown accustom to the poor broadcasts, sub-par coverage, and time spent waiting for announcers to explain the offside rule ten times a match … however it appears that the masses have adopted the creed of their heroes on the pitch and have made it clear to the media giants, "Don't tread on me!" And, in part, it seems that they have listened … the broadcasts this year have a much more professional feel, the announcers are more knowledgeable (and yes, very British, but that's alright!), and the studio breakdowns are actually starting to make sense. Major sponsors are fighting for the coveted halftime commercial slots and ESPN has integrated the Cup into almost all of its programs, despite the fact that Jim Rome is still pretending he has no idea that the United States has a soccer team.
In light of all, dare we ask the question … has soccer's time finally come in the USA? In the Confederations Cup last summer our boys showed that they can play with any country in the world, but on Saturday our nation showed that it can love the game as much as any country in the world. During the next month while we watch the best in the world battle it out on the pitch this will no longer be the United States of America … this is the United States of Football.


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Straight-Ahead Driving Tour of the Brandywine Battlefield Region
Washington expected a direct assault across Chadds Ford, and to encourage that belief General Knyphausen was creating as much noise and smoke as possible along the Great Road (today's Route 1).
Today, you'll enjoy a wonderful mix of history, art, antiques, good food, and world-class gardens. Our focus is the history, but be sure to allow extra time if you plan on visiting the museums, gardens, and other attractions. Click here to be directed to links to more information about local shopping, restaurants, accommodations, and attractions.
September 11, 1777, at 4 a.m., Cornwallis and Howe, along with 12,000 British and Hessian troops set out on a 17-mile march. Later that morning, General Knyphausen and about 4,000 men marched east along the Great Road to confront American General Maxwell, who for hours crossed west and east across the Brandywine. Washington was confident that his troops were repelling the British attack, unaware that the real battle awaited later that day on the eastern side of the Brandywine.
The number in the left column is the mileage.
Turn right out of the Brandywine Battlefield Historic Site. You are now traveling west on Route 1.
|You'll come to a light at Route 100, and on your right you will pass the Chadds Ford Inn and the Brandywine River Hotel, plus an antiques store and a cigar store.
|You'll pass Hank's Place, a restaurant, on your right, and you'll see the Brandywine River Museum on your left. Immediately you'll cross over a modern bridge which stands where historic Chadds Ford was. It was here that Maxwell darted back and forth across the river.
|At the traffic light, do a U-turn.
Pull into the Brandywine River Museum and park. Start by walking over to the river. It was along these banks that artillery duels ranged throughout the morning and early afternoon. The British artillery was across the banks, and the Colonial artillery was positioned on the hillsides behind you. George Washington had scouted the known fords north and south of here, and had left them guarded, but chose to defend this position most strongly. Route 1 today was then called the Great Highway and made for easy troop movement across the Brandywine. Because of this Washington felt the British would look to break his lines here. Among the officers serving here were General Henry Knox and General Nathanael Greene. The British were led by Hessian General Knyphausen.
Now, let's turn to art (turn 180°!) The River Museum is home to one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of works by N.C., Andrew, and Jamie Wyeth, three generations of artists who embody the family's distinctive family legacy. American illustration has deep roots in the Brandywine Valley, where Howard Pyle worked and taught such artists as N.C. Wyeth and Maxfield Parrish. These and other important illustrators, including Charles Dana Gibson, Rockwell Kent, and Rose O'Neill, are represented here.
Leave the Museum parking lot carefully turning left onto Route 1.
|On your right is the Chadds Ford Elementary School on a crest. If you wished to stop, you would have a sense of the terrain across the river, the heights and valleys that determined the positions the day of the battle.
At traffic light, turn left onto Ponds Edge Drive (Pennsbury Way Road is on the right). Immediately turn right to the road immediately behind the stores (Lakeview Drive) and continue to the end. Ahead of you is the historic Barns-Brinton House, built c. 1714. From 1722 until his death in 1731, Barns operated a tavern here for "ye accommodation of Man and Horse."
Barns-Brinton House
Let's face the road and try to relive the day of the battle a little. You are now right about at the halfway point between where the two sides started. General Maxwell's light infantry was sent out early in the morning from east of the Brandywine to scout the British army, which had camped at Kennett Square.
Most of Maxwell's troops formed a thin line stretched out on either side of the road in front of you. A small detachment kept watch closer to the British toward Kennett at a local tavern, not still standing. While refreshing themselves there, they were almost captured by the advance guard of Knyphausen's column.
At about 9 o'clock, one of the scouts saw a vision which might have been chalked up to excessive drinking. Headed straight for the tavern, and less than 100 yards away, were Ferguson's Riflemen and Queen's Rangers — the vanguard of Knyphausen's Division. The Americans fired off a round of shots from the bar and bolted out the back door leaving their horses behind. These were the first shots of the battle.
Bar inside the Barns-Brinton House
|Go back to the main road the way you came and turn left at the light onto Route 1. You'll pass the American Christmas Museum on your left, and Pennsbury Inn on your right.
At the next light, turn right into the Old Kennett Meeting House and park behind the building.
Old Kennett Meeting House
Immediately after the first shots of the battle, the Continentals sent back for reinforcements and scurried back down the road to take cover behind the stone wall here. In 1777 the road passed on both sides of here, so that the wall you see was facing the oncoming British. Concentrated fire from behind this barrier forced the English into a line of battle. Fighting raged here around 10 a.m. while the Quakers held midweek Meeting. A worshiping Quaker recorded the following: "While there was much noise and confusion without, all was quiet and peaceful within."
Look down the road to your left, towards the Brandywine Battlefield Historic Site. The three miles between here and there saw a running battle of ambush and flank movements. Local men familiar with the terrain were with the British troops, so that they were able to dislodge the Americans from every stronghold. Although the 800 Americans under Maxwell had to retreat, they inflicted heavy losses on Knyphausen's Hessians. A Virginia captain and future Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Marshall, was wounded near here.
Established in 1710, Old Kennett Meeting is still active. Note the mounting block for riders and carriage passengers and low gravestones, in keeping with the Quaker principle of simplicity.
|Turn right at the light onto Route 1. You will be crossing Route 52. If you were to take a left here, you'd reach the Delaware Museums and Gardens: the Hagley Museum and Library; Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library; the Delaware Art Museum; Delaware History Museum; Rockwood Museum; and the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
Proceed on Route 1. Take right toward entrance to Longwood Gardens, the world's premiere horticultural display on 1,050 acres offering 40 indoor-outdoor gardens, a breathtaking conservatory, spectacular fountains, festivals, and holiday displays. Open all year.
If you follow the exit for Longwood, but stay on the road, you'll come to the Brandywine Valley Tourist Center, with help finding everything you can wish for in the area. After visiting the tourist center, turn right onto Route 1, continuing toward Kennett Square.
You are in the heart of the "Mushroom Capital of America"! Stop off here to pick up some of the tastiest fungi you'll ever eat!
|Follow signs for Kennett Square. You'll bear right onto Millers Hill Road (a continuation of State Street) and follow this one-way street into town. Terrific restaurants, antiques stores, two bookstores, gracious accommodations, and old-fashioned charm await you here.
|Intersection with Route 82. Here you begin your "Cornwallis's Marching Tour".


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Louisiana (USA)
1957 Article
Louisiana, a southern state bordering on the Gulf of Mexico. It has a total area of 51,885 square miles (135,382 km²) and in 2008 had an estimated population of 4,410,796. In 2005, 64.77% of Louisiana's population was White and 33.47% was African American.
It is probable that the first Mennonites to visit this state were immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine, who landed at New Orleans, a seaport and the chief city of the state. Thus in 1839 Christian Reeser and his two brothers and sister from France arrived in that city. In 1874 John F. Funk had correspondence with Mennonites who were residents of New Orleans (Mennonite History Bulletin, July 1954).
In 1898 Mennonites settled near Lake Charles, about 200 miles due west of New Orleans, and founded a church (Mennonite Church) which at one time had 40 members. By 1955 only one family was left in the community, the others having moved away because rice farming did not become as successful a venture as expected. In 1918 a Mennonite congregation was organized at Allemands, 30 miles (50 km) west of New Orleans, but it existed only a few years, the families all moving away. In 1936 three families from the Franconia Mennonite Conference moved to Allemands and established a Mennonite (Mennonite Church) church which in the late 1950s had 45 members. An outgrowth of this church was the one at Akers, 40 miles (65 km) north of New Orleans. It was built in 1942 and in 1955 had 20 members, all natives of Louisiana, largely French-speaking. -- Melvin Gingerich
1990 Update
In 1988 the Gulf States Fellowship (MC) had started planting a congregation in New Orleans with a membership of 35. The other two congregations of this conference in the state (at Des Allemands and Venice) had a total membership of 156. In addition there were two congregations belonging to the Church of God in Christ, Mennonite (Holdeman), at De Ridder and Transylvania. Mennonite Central Committee operated a voluntary service unit in New Orleans. -- Reynold Sawatzky
In 2000 the two Church of God in Christ, Mennonite congregations had 380 members and the four Mennonite Church USA congregations had 216 members.
See also Indian Ministries, North America
The Association of Religion Data Archives (ARDA). "State Membership Report: Louisiana, Denominational Groups, 2000." http://www.thearda.com/mapsReports/reports/state/22_2000.asp (accessed 23 February 2009).
Gospel Herald (9 August 1988): 537-539.
Hertzler, Daniel. From Germantown to Steinbach. Scottdale, PA, Herald Press, 1981: 65-75.
Mennonite Church Yearbook (1988-89): 26, 58, 151.
|Melvin Gingerich
|Reynold Sawatzky
|Date Published
|February 2009
Cite This Article
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Gingerich, Melvin and Reynold Sawatzky. "Louisiana (USA)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. February 2009. Web. 27 Sep 2020. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Louisiana_(USA)&oldid=114441.
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Gingerich, Melvin and Reynold Sawatzky. (February 2009). Louisiana (USA). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 September 2020, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Louisiana_(USA)&oldid=114441.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 403; vol. 5, p. 530. All rights reserved.
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